March 5, 2018 Lucapa fetches $1.7 million in diamond sales from Lulo Figures takes proceeds from Lulo diamonds sales so far this year to $10.8 million, at an average price per carat of $1,731.
March 4, 2018 Australia’s gold production may rise to record in 2018 – report Production in 2017 rose by 3 tonnes from the year before to 301 tonnes, equal to about 9.7 million ounces and the highest since 1999.
March 2, 2018 Tapping the lithium rush, Canadian miner stakes claims in Utah The play by Vancouver-based MGX Minerals is part of a global scramble for the super-light metal used in smart phones and electric vehicles.
March 2, 2018 Australia takes Rio Tinto to court over Mozambique coal deal Australia’s corporate watchdog has launched court action against the company, former chief executive Tom Albanese and chief financial officer Guy Elliott.
March 1, 2018 SQM talks down lithium oversupply, says market to grow 80% a year According to chief executive officer Patricio de Solminihac, the world will need at least 50,000 tonnes of lithium a year until 2023.
March 1, 2018 India’s outback coal bets sour as global prices recover Adani Group bought into the Queensland basin in 2010, followed a year later by GVK Group, with plans to ship thermal coal by the middle of the decade.
February 28, 2018 Aussie company signs agreement with Argentinian province over lithium assets The deal confirms the company’s tenure of ~45,000 hectares of mining leases that cover the Olaroz – Cauchari Lithium Brine Project and the Paso Lithium Brine Project.
February 28, 2018 Billionaire Lundin chases base-metal buy with $3 billion budget Copper ‘might be the easiest asset to work with:’ Lukas Lundin.
February 27, 2018 Atlas Iron reveals strategy to weather storm of discounts 2017-2018 shipment volume and cost guidance was set last August in 9 million-10 million wet tonnes.
February 27, 2018 Lithium glut? No way, say industry executives eyeing demand Prices for lithium have more than doubled in the past two years on forecasts for massive demand from the electric vehicle industry.
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